Device for releasing trucks from cars



' PATENTEDFEB. 16, 1904.

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DEVICE FOR RELEASING TRUCKS FROM CARS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 17 1903.

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Patented February 16, 1904.

OFFIC -RQBERT Ltsnm aitsr; N E'W BUBGH, NEWIYORKL f t-DEVICE Fion EfLEA SING r u Ks. FHOVMVCARS.

SPECIFICATION formingpa'rtof LettersPatent 1935352,467, dated February 16, 1904. Applicationfiltd-Iuly17,1903. semi Nu, 165,951. (No ma i) To all whom liit mayiconcewag Y L Be it known that I, ROBERT LESL E Rinnx,

a citizenof the United States, anda resident ofNewburgh, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented'a-new and Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. 7 I a This invention relates tocertain novel and useful improvements in devices for releasing the trucks of cars, and has particular applica:

tion to improvements for lifting king-bolts which connect the car-bodywith the bolster, In the present instance Ihave,

of the truck. particularly in view as anob ect the provision of means adapted to be operated from the outside 'of a car and connected to the king-bolt whereby the latter maybe easily andreadily removed to withdraw the truck tion with the car-body;

As is well known, the trucks ordinarilyin use are connected to a car-body throughthemedium of a large bolt or pin, generallytermed I a king-pin, and in order to remove this king-pm and disconnect or remove the truck from beneath a car-body it is necessaryto en-. ter the car and pull the pin from its socket,

and this method is inconvenient and troublesome, especially when a car is loaded with a cargo of heavy materialsuch as lumber, grain, or the likeas it is-necessary to move or shift such material immediately-adjacent to the pin-socket in order to-have access to the king-pin; but with my invention the pin may be easily, quickly, and conveniently removed without entering the car, and consequently without disturbing in any manner the contents thereof.

To the accomplishment of the above-recited object and others of a similar nature my invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as is described in this specification, delineated in the accompanying drawings, and set forth in the appended claims. 7

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

from connecview taken through a car-body having my improvement applied thereto, such view also showing a portion of the bolster of the truck; and Fig. ,2 is a sectional view of my improved deyice,-taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the accompanying drawingsin detail, andin particular to Fig. 1 thereof, the ;;letter A designates a car-body of an ordinary andwell-known type, such as is generally-found in box-cars, while B indicates the bolster of a car-truck designed to support said body. The aforesaid car-body is designed to, be connected with and supported, upon the bolster through the medium of a king-pin, such as is shown at C, which is seated in a socket in the fioor of the car, the shank of the bolt extending down to and through the bolsterQB. ,-In order to easily and quickly removethe. pin from its socket, I have devised the following; means, which I will now proceedto ,describe in detail:

Mounted upon the floor of the car and sur- I rounding the socket is a relatively large turemoval of the sheave or pulley and its support when necessary I have arranged lugs, as at 10 10, at opposite sides of the tubular shield, saidbar 8 being adapted to be removably seated on said lugs.

At the lower end of the tubular shield'is secured a supporting-bracket, as at 11, carrying a pulley 12, similar to the pulley 9, while extending from a point beneath such bracket to a point outside of the car is a groove or channel 13, cut inthe floor of the car, for a purpose to be hereinafter referred to. p

The head portion 0 of the king-pin C is provided with a ring, as at 14:, to which ring is secured one end of a cable or rope 15, formed, preferably, of wire or other suitable material, said rope extending up over the pulley 9 and down to and around the pulley 11 at.

the lower end of the car and thence out through the groove or channel 13 to a point outside the car-body, where it is provided with any suitable handhold. (Not shown.) i

From the above description, taken in con-' nection with the drawings, thej construction and operation of my improved'device will be readily apparent.

When it is desired to remove "the king-pin from its socket, it is only necessary for a person standing outside the carto pull upon the rope or cable 15, which will draw the pin from its socket, and the truck may be readily removed from beneath the car-body. Y

The shield or-casing 5 is so arranged tha the socket and pin and mechanism fordrawing the pin from the socket are protected from contact with the material forming the cargo of the car, and there is no necessity forshifting such material to have access to the pin.

The casing or shield is provided with a suitable cover, (indicated by the numeral 16,) so that should the cargo of the car consist of a granular substance small particles will not drop through the casing and interfere with the operation of the pin-releasing device.

While in the present instance I have-shown one particular embodiment of my invention,

I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to all the precise details of construction shown herein, as there may be modifications and variations in certain respects without departing from the spirit of the invention. For instance, I may connect two or more pulleys 9 to the cross-support 8 and suspend therefrom additional king-pins and cables, so that should it be desired to substitute means extendingover said pulley andconnected with a king-pin for elevatingand lowering the latter.-- r 1 r 2. The combination with a car-body, a car- *truck-and a king-pin connecting the body and the truck, of means for elevating and lowering the king-pin, such-means comprising a support, and a cable extending over said support and connected with said king-pin.

8. The combination with a'car-body, atruck and a king-pin connecting the body and the truck, of means for elevating and lowering the king-pin, such means comprising a shield or casing, asupport'arranged therein, and a fieiible connection secured to the pin and extending over said support and running to a pointoutside the car.

4:. The combination with acar-body, a truck therefor, and a pin seated in a socket formed in the car and connecting the body and the truck, of means for elevating and lowering said pin in the socket, such means comprising a shield or casing surrounding the socket, a supporting-bar secured within said casing, a pulley mounted upon said bar, a supportingbracket also secured to the casing at'a point beneath the aforesaid bar, a second pulley secured to said bracket, and a cable passing over said pulleys and connected to the pin, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with a car-body, a truck, and a pin connecting the body-and the truck, of means for elevating and lowering the pin, comprising a cable connec'ted to the pin and passing over pulleys, and through a groove or channel in the car to a point outside the latter, a casing or shield surrounding the cable and the pulleys, and a covering for said shield or casing, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT LESLIE RILEY.

Witnesses:

FRED. H. KEEFE, EDWARD A. BUSH. 

